tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2022 May 9;9(7)
fac237.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac237. eCollection 2022 Jul.
Clinical Features and Duration of Viral Shedding in Individuals With SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infection
Young R Jang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jeong-Min Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jee E Rhee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Dongju Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nam-Joo Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hyeokjin Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jong-Hun Kim[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Eun-Jin Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jin Y Kim[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
We analyzed the duration of infectivity of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant by viral culture of respiratory samples collected daily from isolated patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The culture positivity rate of the Omicron variant was higher than that of the Delta variant within 8 days after symptom onset.
Keywords: Omicron variant; SARS-CoV-2; transmissibility; viral load; viral shedding.
. 2022 May 9;9(7)
fac237.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac237. eCollection 2022 Jul.
Clinical Features and Duration of Viral Shedding in Individuals With SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infection
Young R Jang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jeong-Min Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jee E Rhee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Dongju Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nam-Joo Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hyeokjin Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jong-Hun Kim[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Eun-Jin Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jin Y Kim[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35855961
- PMCID: PMC9129180
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac237
Abstract
We analyzed the duration of infectivity of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant by viral culture of respiratory samples collected daily from isolated patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The culture positivity rate of the Omicron variant was higher than that of the Delta variant within 8 days after symptom onset.
Keywords: Omicron variant; SARS-CoV-2; transmissibility; viral load; viral shedding.